The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTubeThe Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube Tens of millions of people in the U.S. experience some kind of hearing impairment and recent studies have predicted that over 700 million people worldwide will suffer from hearing impairment by 2015. To address a clear need, the broadcast industry began running captions on regular video programming in the early 1970s. Today, closed c
